Tag: supply chain assurance
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Half of organisations breached via a third party in 12 months
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
New report highlights the risks of outsourcing key business processes without paying due care and attention to your service provider’s security Read via Computer Weekly.
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Singtel falls prey to supply chain attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Singapore telco reveals that its Accellion file sharing system was illegally hacked in a supply chain attack Read via Computer Weekly.
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UK firm NOW: Pensions tells some customers a ‘service partner’ leaked their data all over ‘public software forum’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Workplace pension provider NOW: Pensions has emailed a number of UK customers to warn about a data leakage caused by contractor error. Read via The Register.
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Critical National Infrastructure and Supply Chain Threat
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
When we talk about Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), we are discussing a hugely mixed bag of organisations; utilities, education, banking, health etc. Some are in private or partially in private hands, others are non-UK owned (and also in private hands) and they have a variety of security challenges but one thing connects them, quite apart […]
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Ever wished you could pick the brains of a security expert?
- by Ellie Hurst
- General
Mike has a few things to say about MySecuritySurgery. Have you ever wished you could the pick the brains of a expert for just a day to help you understand or implement a specific area of security and help you move forward? Well now you can! Here at Advent IM we have always been passionate […]
Read MoreOne in three small businesses admitted to not having any cyber security strategies in place at all
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
You have read this headline elsewhere today. It may have been another story that you noticed without noticing, perhaps made a ‘tsk’ noise about then moved on, possibly to read about the latest data breach or ransomware outbreak. The vast majority of businesses in the UK are SMEs. They are a hugely important part of […]
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